Theme
“Lights, Camera, Action! The Time Is Now: Transformation, Innovation, and Policy Change” serves as a call to move beyond conversation and into courageous action.
ANNUAL EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE
Lights, Camera, Action! The Time Is Now: Transformation, Innovation, and Policy Change
Each year, NAHSE brings together healthcare leaders, innovators, students, and changemakers for a dynamic national experience centered on leadership, strategy, visibility, and action across the healthcare ecosystem.
Oct 7–9, 2026
Los Angeles, CA
Everett V. Fox Case Competition
The NAHSE Annual Educational Conference is a national gathering designed to connect purpose with action. It is where healthcare leaders, policymakers, clinicians, innovators, entrepreneurs, students, and future executives come together to explore what is next and decide who we choose to be in this chapter of healthcare.
Built around leadership development, strategic conversation, and community, the conference creates space for bold ideas, meaningful connection, and the kind of engagement that strengthens both individual leaders and the broader healthcare landscape.
CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
A national conference experience designed to challenge ideas, strengthen leadership, and create the conditions for transformation across healthcare.
Who Attends
Executives, policymakers, clinicians, students, educators, entrepreneurs, and future leaders from across the country gather for learning, visibility, and connection.
What to Expect
Keynotes, panels, leadership conversations, networking experiences, strategic sessions, and the Everett V. Fox Case Competition all in one national setting.
This is Los Angeles, and this is our moment. From October 7–9, 2026, NAHSE will bring together voices that matter to confront what is next in healthcare and decide how leadership shows up in practice, policy, and community.
This year’s conference theme is a call to stop waiting for permission. It is an invitation to move beyond ideas and into courageous action, to transform systems that were never designed with all of us in mind, and to reimagine healthcare through equity, innovation, and bold leadership.
At the center of it all is an experience designed to connect people who are ready to lead. This is where visibility meets responsibility, and where future-focused conversations become real-world momentum.
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
Key experiences that make the Annual Educational Conference one of NAHSE’s signature national gatherings.
Executive & Leadership Sessions
Thought-provoking conversations with leaders shaping healthcare strategy, operations, workforce development, and equity-centered systems change.
- Keynotes and Mainstage Conversations Big-picture sessions centered on leadership, innovation, and impact.
- Policy and Strategy Discussions Sessions focused on what is changing and how leaders must respond.
Networking & Community
Opportunities to build relationships that extend beyond the conference through chapter connection, peer networking, and intentional community-building.
- National Community Access Connect with members, leaders, students, and partners from across NAHSE.
- Visibility and Relationship Building Create meaningful introductions and lasting professional connections.
Everett V. Fox Case Competition
A premier academic and leadership experience that spotlights the brilliance, strategy, and executive presence of the next generation of healthcare leaders.
- Student Team Presentations Real-world healthcare cases analyzed and presented with clarity and purpose.
- Leadership in Action A platform where emerging leaders demonstrate readiness on a national stage.
TRAVEL & PLANNING
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Travel & Planning
Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites
Los Angeles, California
- Conference Dates October 7–9, 2026
- Venue Location Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, Los Angeles, CA.
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- Conference Experience A high-energy national setting for education, networking, and leadership engagement.
CONFERENCE LEADERSHIP
Leaders helping guide the strategy, programming, and execution of the Annual Educational Conference.
Chair
Richelle Webb Dixon, FACHE
Co-Chair
Cassandra Willis-Abner